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Halozyme Therapeutics, via its subsidiary Halozyme Hypercon, has entered a global exclusive collaboration & license agreement with Vertex to utilize its Hypercon technology across up to three drug targets
As per the deal, Halozyme will receive $15M upfront, with additional milestone payments & royalties tied to products developed using the technology
Hypercon is a…
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Alloy Therapeutics has entered into a collaboration & license agreement with Biogen to advance antisense therapeutics against multiple undisclosed targets using Alloy’s AntiClastic ASO Platform
As per the deal, Alloy will receive an upfront payment, along with additional milestone payments & tiered royalties on any products resulting from the collaboration
The AntiClastic ASO platform…
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Biocytogen has partnered with Sihuan Pharmaceutical to discover innovative therapies across multiple areas, incl. weight loss
As per the deal, Biocytogen and Sihuan will combine Biocytogen’s fully human antibody discovery platform with Sihuan’s development, manufacturing, & commercialization capabilities
In this collaboration, Biocytogen will leverage its integrated platforms, incl. target-humanized mouse models, in vivo efficacy…
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Infinimmune has partnered with Merck to discover & develop antibody candidates against multiple undisclosed targets selected by Merck using Infinimmune’s human-first antibody discovery platform
As per the deal, Infinimmune will use its Anthrobody discovery platform & Glimpse antibody language model to discover & optimize antibodies from human immune repertoires, enabling large-scale B-cell screening to…
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Insilico has entered into a drug discovery collaboration with Eli Lilly to accelerate the discovery & development of novel therapeutics across multiple therapeutic areas using Insilico’s Pharma.AI
As per the deal, Lilly will gain exclusive global rights to develop, manufacture & commercialize Insilico’s preclinical oral candidates for select indications. Also, both will collaborate on…
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Insilico Medicine and Tenacia Biotechnology have expanded their AI-driven R&D collaboration to develop an additional CNS candidate with defined properties, advancing it to the preclinical candidate stage for neurological disorders
The initial collaboration, launched in Mar 2025, combined Insilico’s Pharma.AI platform with Tenacia’s CNS expertise to develop BBB-permeable small-molecule inhibitors, with the program progressing…
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Alteogen has granted Biogen exclusive rights to ALT-B4 (berahyaluronidase alfa) to develop & commercialize SC formulations of two biologics, with an option for Biogen to develop a third product
As per the deal, Alteogen will receive $20M upfront, $10M upon initiation of second product development, along with ~$549M in development, regulatory, & sales milestones…
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Quotient has entered into a multi-year research collaboration agreement with Merck to discover novel drug targets in inflammatory bowel disease leveraging Quotient’s somatic genomics platform tech
Through its somatic genomics platform, Quotient analyzes patient tissue to identify disease-causing or protective mutations, generating insights that inform novel therapeutic strategies across multiple conditions, including IBD
As…
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Gilead to acquire Ouro for a total of $1,675M in upfront cash & up to $500M in contingent milestone payments. Acquisition will add Ouro’s P-I/II asset OM336 (gamgertamig) to Gilead’s inflammation portfolio, with registrational studies to begin in 2027
Also, Gilead is in advanced discussions with Galapagos for a potential R&D collaboration on the…
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Voro Therapeutics has entered into a research collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo via its Daiichi Sankyo Research Institute, San Diego to develop tumor-activated biologics using the PrimeBody platform
The collaboration will focus on generating masked ADCs designed for tumor-selective activation, using proprietary masking domains & protease-cleavable linkers to improve therapeutic index
Voro will design &…

